Looked-after children Financial entitlements

The type of financial help you receive from us will depend on whether you're an eligible or relevant child, former relevant or qualifying care leaver. Your personal adviser will help you to work out what you're entitled to. You can also take a look at our full list of financial entitlements.

There are staff at the DWP jobcentres who we'll contact on your behalf to help you to set up benefits payments and to help prevent problems from getting out of hand.

If you're entitled to personal allowance and accommodation payments, your social worker or personal adviser will organise these as follows:

• Payment of personal allowances will be made to a bank or building society
  
• A birthday payment will be made in the week before your birthday
  
• A Christmas or festival payment will be made in early December or at a time suitable to your festival

Please note that for financial entitlements....

• If you are in the age bracket of 16-20 (in the qualifying group), we're unlikely to provide financial assistance but will consider requests
• If you started your course before the age of 21 but it continues beyond age 21, any assistance as described in the pathway plan extends until the end of the course. If you stopped receiving a service from us at age 21 and you ask for support with education/training before age 25, we'll carry out an assessment to see if the course or training is one we would agree to support. We'll also consider providing financial assistance if we agree that financial help would be necessary to complete the course
• If you are in the age bracket of 21-24, we're unlikely to provide financial assistance but will consider requests

Types of financial entitlements